McHENRY, Henry Davis, (son of John Hardin McHenry),
a Representative from Kentucky;
born in Hartford, Ohio County, Ky., February 27, 1826;
attended the public schools at Hartford, and was graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1845;
was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Hartford;
member of the State house of representatives 1851-1853 and 1865-1867;
served in the State senate 1861-1865;
member of the Democratic National Committee from 1872 until his death;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873);
resumed the practice of his profession in Hartford;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1890;
died in Hartford, Ky., December 17, 1890;
interment in Oakwood Cemetery.